Happy Hour Challenge The Fourth

[BlackAndBlueEyes]

Alright, folks. Here's yet another change to grab some of those fate point things that I keep on yapping about in the podcasts!

Tonight's game puts you in the role of a journalist for one of Althanas' esteemed newspapers.

We're going to assume that your character just committed a nefarious or brave deed that's worthy of a front-page article. Your job is to write that article from the point of view of the journalist.

I'll be looking for all of the things that make a news article a news article: A dateline, who the article was written by (read: not [I]your[I] character), an informative description of the event/the Five W's (who, what, when, where, why), comments from witnesses or people directly involved, timeliness, importance, proper spelling and grammar, etc.

The winner will receive three fate points, and the contest will end March 10th.

[Scriptwriter667]

now for the comments from witnesses. Do we need actual people to make comments, or can we pick random members on Althanas and make up a line for them to say?

[Petoux]

Problem with this contest ....

Can easily cheat....

How?

Plagerize a random newspaper article, change the words and names around a bit ... and you got your submission ... you win.

How can you prove that someone didn't plagerize the material?

[Godhand]

Problem with this contest ....

Can easily cheat....

How?

Plagerize a random newspaper article, change the words and names around a bit ... and you got your submission ... you win.

How can you prove that someone didn't plagerize the material?

How can you prove you actually wrote ANYTHING you've posted?

[Petoux]

How can you prove you wrote actually wrote ANYTHING you've posted?



Hmmm ... good point with that one.

Never thought of that ... just couldn't think of where you could get that kind of material (roleplaying wise) anyway.

Thanks Godhand.

[BlackAndBlueEyes]

What Godhand said makes a lot of sense. For all I know, this entire site could be nothing but one giant plagiarism orgy, and for all you know, I could've lifted the idea of this contest from the local paper's Arts and Leisure section.

I'm just gonna' have to take everyone's word for their originality.

[Christoph]

What BaBE said.

On a completely unrelated note: nobody here reads the New York Times, right? >.>

[Trago]

I read the NYT so yeah. Got a problem bucky boy?

[Christoph]

Aaand a joke is risen from the grave only to be murdered again.

On topic: I'll probably enter in the next few days.

[Mikeavelli]

Hi!

I've been more or less absent from Althanas for a while, haven't been checking in on things, didn't even notice this was here until just now.

Normally, I'd just go on my merry way, but I also noticed that No-one entered the contest

Can it be deadline extension time now please?

[BlackAndBlueEyes]

Nah. Due to a lack of interest overall, I'm gonna close this contest.

It probably goes to say something that even I forgot about this one.

[Lightfoot]

((I don't care if you closed it! This got me thinking. Fate Points or not...my contribution!))


Why Godhand's A Prick
by
Tomas Friskerken

Some of you may know Godhand, some of you may not. But the self-proclaimed "badass" is sort of an Althanas legend in the pages of this site's mythos. Not for his writing or his "outstanding" track record with the ladies, but because he's a prick. He's outspoken, obnoxious, way too witty for his own Colombian (or wherever the hell he's from) good, and he's been able to squat and shit on just about every veteran user here.

Now, my sources -- who will remain anonymous -- have told me of such examples through extensive interviews. Here is one such interview:

Tomas Friskerken: So, Taskmienster, was it?
Anonymous: That's right...wait, that isn't going to be in the article right?
TF: Of course not. Now, you say that you've bore witness to Godhand's...let's call it "Prickyness", before?
Anonymous: Oh yeah, tons of times. I remember once when he was trying propose this idea about having more volunteer content writers for the site or some shit, and after Sighter shot him down all hardcore, Godhand picked up his "Prick" spear and went at it.
TF: I see.

Sadly, Godhand was not available for comment on said situation because I didn't ask him for one. So I did some exstensive research on his background and discussed my finds in another interview:

TF: Now, BlackAndBlueEyes, is it true that Godhand was a part of a top secret experiment bred for fighting, but when he woke up from his stasis pod he had no memory of who he was and just decided to be a prick?
Anonymous: What? That doesn't even make sense, where are you getting your information?
TF: So you agree?
Anonymous: Well, yeah, he's a prick but I don't think --

There you have it, yet another confirmation. As you can tell, Godhand's a prick. After that interview though, none of the other members of the site would speak with me. There's only one solution I could've come to: conspiracy. Godhand must have somehow strong-armed the site into silence...man, what a prick.

Well, this is Tomas Friskerken for Channel Nine News, signing off.

((:D))